New Episode of Fluid Power Forum: Improving Safety Standards for Off-Road Equipment

This episode of Fluid Power Forum features Rich Nagel. Rich is a Program Manager for Parker Hannifin’s Electrification Growth Team. Parker is a diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. 

Rich gave a presentation at NFPA’s Hydraulics Conference co-located at the 2024 iVT EXPO. His presentation was on examining ISO 13849 safety standards and what it means for off-road equipment OEMs, and we invited him into our forum to learn more about that topic.

Next Upcoming Episode: December 2 | Emerging Valve Technologies | Daniel Fernandes, HAWE Hydraulik

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